Health Inequalities: Race & Ethnicity
Delve into the complexities of race and ethnicity in relation to health inequalities, examining concepts, terminology, societal implications, and research findings. Understand the multifaceted nature of ethnicity, its impact on health disparities, and the categorization of different ethnic groups within cultural contexts.
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Advisory Council for Research Administration 6/21/21 Monday 2:00pm 4:00pm Zoom Meeting 1
WELCOME 2
Agenda Welcome Central and Community Updates Open Positions Pooled Testing Best Practices Proposal Summary Form Audit & Fiscal Year End Questions Summer Reading and Fall Planning 3
Central Updates Department/School staff working in research administration Email from Diane requesting updates Suggestions for how we keep this more current Organizational Change July 1 Goal is to optimally support the full life cycle of an award and more closely align with Financial Affairs units that will strengthen our overall segregation of duties control environment Three PAFO units will join SP Research Accounting, Compliance and Service Center Administration Two PAFO units will join VPFA (Nicole Tirella) Research Finance & Property Management and Facilities Cost Analysis 4
Community Updates/News: Developing Research Staffing changes Job Postings Promotions News Upcoming changes In the horizon 5
Job Postings DIRECTOR, FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION, Pardee School of Global Studies RESEARCH ADMINISTRATOR, Post Award Financial Operations FINANCIAL AND GRANTS ADMINISTRATOR,MED School of Medicine, Dean's Office Tracking Code: 4469 Contact : Call 617-358-0988 or email the general box at psgs@bu.edu Tracking Code: 0716 Contact : Solaris Bujor srbujor@bu.edu Tracking Code: 1536 Contact: Maureen Dillion mudillion@bu.edu FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATOR,CAS College of Arts & Sciences, Math & Statistics PROPOSAL AND GRANTS ADMINISTRATOR, College of Arts & Sciences, Physics CONTRACT SPECIALIST, Sponsored Programs Tracking Code: 9357 Contact : Diane Balwin Dbaldwin@bu.edu Tracking Code: 6626 Contact : Marla Krauss mkrauss@bu.edu Tracking Code: 5755 Contact : Marla Krauss mkrauss@bu.edu 6
Shared Services-Best Practices Update 9
Shared Services-Best Practices Update Overall inventory and status update Next Steps Future additional topics The Shared Services pilot sought to document best practices in the area of BU research administration and share with the research community, in an effort to provide consistent support and guidance for processing internal actions. 10
Best Practices Inventory Completed Description Advance Account Hiring Students Rebudgets After-the-Fact Review Human Subject Payments Subawards Carryover Internal Service Request (ISR) Salary Cost Distributions Cost Transfers No Cost Extensions Subrecipient Invoice Processing Facilities Service Request (FSR) PARs Travel Hiring Staff Proposal Checklist 11
Best Practices Inventory Additional topics: PI Arrival/Departure 100% Department Driven - On hold until Consultant guidance is finalized at ACRA - Marianne Taylor offered to help Consultants Purchase Requisitions/POs 100% Department Driven - Mike Gooley offered to help Other topics? Email Suzanne Rocha (rochas@bu.edu) and Kristin Sacca (ksacca@bu.edu) 12
Best Practices Next Steps: The completed inventory items posted online as a resource package for the entire community Additional inventory items brought to ACRA for feedback and added to the resource package noted above Blog post from SP? 13
PSF Changes Removed PI Department and Contact Phone Multi PI + CO PI: added dropdowns, plus explanation that they share oversite of this project and link to website Clarified Activity Types slightly Aligned Sponsor Type choices with Kuali Solicitation Link + Number: added tool that it s the same as opportunity number F&A waiver: added link to website Cost Share: added free text box for description of cost share + selection for Mandatory / Voluntary Committed. Changed language to "if yes, include cost share budget" Clarified Contracted Services vs Subrecipient language 15
Audit & Fiscal Year End Questions 16
Audit and Fiscal Year End FY21 Interim Audit Fiscal Year End --- any issues? Questions? 17
Summer Reading Book Choice Eleven Seconds A Story of Tragedy, Courage, and Triumph by Travis Roy (with E.M. Swift) Dare to Lead by Brene Brown The Prize by Geoffrey Cooper (Biology Emeritus) Warmth of other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson (re: Great Migration) The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (re: History of a cell line extensively used in Medical Research How to be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi Why we Act: Turning bystanders into Moral Rebels by Catherine Sanderson Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson 19
Thank you to Nikki De Leon who has been Thank you to Nikki De Leon who has been the ACRA Behind the Scenes person for the ACRA Behind the Scenes person for a few years now. Nikki has gotten us to a a few years now. Nikki has gotten us to a wonderful place while keeping us all on wonderful place while keeping us all on track. We look forward to continue our track. We look forward to continue our working relationship with Tien and working relationship with Tien and Chrissy who are taking over for Nikki. Chrissy who are taking over for Nikki. 20
Good luck to Gillian Emmons who is Good luck to Gillian Emmons who is retiring at the end of September! retiring at the end of September! Good Luck to Andy Soares White who is Good Luck to Andy Soares White who is leaving BU in August! leaving BU in August! Thank you both for all of your assistance Thank you both for all of your assistance and knowledge over the last few years. and knowledge over the last few years. Welcome to Nicole Tirella who will join the Welcome to Nicole Tirella who will join the ACRA group as the VPFA representative. ACRA group as the VPFA representative. 21
Fall Planning Thank you for filling out the Survey! We will reach out with emails over the summer confirming your Fall Attendance Fall Topics Introduction of new ACRA Members and Co-Chairs Back to Work how is it going? Future of Work Committee Update Cross Collaborative Research BMC/BU Subaward Discussion 23
Open Q&A 24
Closing/Central Links Minutes and slides from today s meeting will be posted on the ACRA webpage ACRA Research Administration page https://www.bu.edu/researchsupport/administration/committees/research- administration-advisory-council/ ACRA email: acra@bu.edu (to email the central office mailbox for ACRA) ACRA Group vpr-advisory-council-RA@bu.edu (to email the entire group) COVID-19 updates for Research LinkedIn ACRA https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12320374/ 25
QUESTIONS 26
